Child s bedstead



(No Model.)

F. G. HANNAHS CHILD'S BEDSTEAD.

Patented May 26, 1891.

NIED STATES PATENT 01mins.

FRED O. IIANNAI-IS, OF KENOSHA, IVISCONSIN.

CHILDS BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,842, dated May 26,1891- Applioation filed January 24, 1891. Serial No. 378,874. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRED O. IIANNAHS, of Kenosha, in the county ofKenosha and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Childrens Bedsteads, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a childs bedstead; and itconsists in the devices used therewith by the construction andarrangement of which the bedstead is readily put together and is firmlyheld in position, while at the same time providing for packing thebedstead for shipping in a compact and desirable form.

In the drawings, Figure l. is a small portion or corner of a childsbedstead in which my invention is used and is shown in con nectiontherewith. Fig. 2 is a View of the same parts of the bedstead shown inFig. 1, but at right angles thereto, some portions being shown insection and other parts being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the same corner of the bedstead shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thecorner-post being omitted. Fig. i is a perspective view of my improveddevice used in connection with the bedstead as a combined coupling-hingeand latch.

In the drawings, A is an end rail, to which the mattress Bis secured atone end. A similar rail is used at the other end of the bedstead, andthe mattress is secured thereto in a similar manner.

My improved device (shown in Fig. 4-) is substantially a bracketconstructed of cast metal, and consists of the short cylinder 0, havinga cylindrical socket D, the horizontal lugs E E, at alittle distanceapart projecting laterally from the cylinder 0, and the lug F,projecting vertically from the cylinder at one end. The lugs E E areprovided with boltholes G G, and the lug F is provided with a recess II.One of these brackets is used at each of the four corners of thebedstead. The lugs E E are fitted onto the end of the end rail A, therail'being received in the space between them, and the bracket issecured thereto by bolt I. The two ends of the side rail K, there beingone at each side of the bed, are tenoned revolubly in the sockets D D.These side rails are provided with upper guard-rails L, supportedthereon and secured thereto by spindles M M. The posts P, one at eachcorner, are secured to and support the rails A and K by means of headedbolts R, fixed in the post, the heads of the bolts being located alittle way out from the posts, so that the lugs F are placed upon andabout the shanks of the bolts which are received in the recesses H, theheads of the bolts bearing against the outer surfaces of the lugs. Bythis'construction, the rails K being revoluble in the cylinder 0, theguard-rails L can be raised to positions directly above the rails K, orcan be swung outwardly and inwardly against the mattress B on theunderside for packing, in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rails KK are readily removed from the posts P by raising the lugs F elf fromthebolts B. The posts P are also provided with end guardrails S, andspindles T are fixed therein and in other end rails inserted in theposts, but not shown in the drawings in this case.

In packing the bedstead the posts P, with theirend rails and spindles,may belaid upon the folded mattress and rails L and K in compact formfor transportation.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V 1. Ametal bracket having a cylindrical socket, two lugs, one at each side,projecting tangentially therefrom parallel with each other and with aplane of the axis of the socket, and a lug projecting from the bracketat one' end, the plane of the face of the lug cutting the extension ofthe cylindrical socket transversely, which lug has a recess for thereception of a bolt therein, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an end and side rail of a bedstead, of abracket secured to one rail by and through the lugs of the bracket, theother rail being inserted revolubly in a socket therefor in the bracketat right angles to the rail to which the bracket is permanently secured,and a post having a headed bolt fixed therein and secured to the railsremovably by a lug on the couplingbracket, which lug is provided with arecess in which the shank of the bolt is received, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED O. HANNAHS.

Witnesses:

PETER FISHER, J. A. JAoKsoN.

